There is nothing which can stop me. I was thinking that how can I deal with her? asiling last time you runied my life but this time I will get everything back from you I will never allow you this time. I will get everything , my honor, my life, my reputation. This time I will never allow you slut to destroy my life.
I lay on the bed, clutching the pillow to my chest. Tears streamed down my face as I replayed the scene in my head. Archard had rejected me as his Alpha mate, saying he didn't feel the bond between us. He had walked away without a backward glance, leaving me broken and alone. He leave my alone because of Aisling, again he took my mate. This time in the mating ceremony. I'm telling you Aisling you can't destroy my plans. I will kill you..
How could he do this to me? We had grown up together, we had been best friends, we had shared everything. I had always felt a connection to him, a pull that drew me to his side. I had hoped he felt the same, that he would accept me as his mate when we turned eighteen. But he didn't. He didn't want me.
I heard a knock on the door, but I ignored it. I didn't want to see anyone, I didn't want to talk. I just wanted to curl up and die.
The door opened anyway, and I heard a familiar voice.
"Sweetie, can I come in?"
It was Miss Smith, Archard's mother. She was like a second mom to me, she had always been kind and caring. But right now, I hated her. I hated her for giving birth to him, for raising him, for making him the way he was. I known she is here to give me a nice suger coated words. I Known she will try to make me relax I known she will definitely tell me that it is just a bad time and it will pass. She don't known that how painful it is when I saw Aisling again ruined my life.
She again gets everything from me and how archard is giving me a sign that I have to accept his mate. Aisling you will never took my position at any condition.
I will take him back like you take my azalaic.
" Valentina please open the door! my daughter he will choose you don't worry. "
"Go away mother he insulted me in front of everyone. He rejected me and choose asiling over me, that bitch asiling is here again. " I croaked.
She didn't listen. She walked over to the bed and sat down next to me. She reached out and stroked my hair gently.
"I'm so sorry, honey. I know how much you love him. I Known that you were expecting that he will choose you as his mate. I known you really love him. You saw that I tried hard to put pressure on him to accept you as his Luna. "
"Then why did he reject me?" I sobbed. "Why doesn't he love me back? why he don't follow uncle smith's order? why he rejected me in front of whole world. He destroy me "
She sighed and pulled me into her arms. She rocked me back and forth, humming softly.
"I don't know, sweetie. I don't know what's going on in his head. He's always been a stubborn boy, a bit of a loner. He never liked to follow the rules of our pack. He always wanted to do things his own way. You can see he doesn't care about our pack safety. you can see he neglect each and everything in front of us but don't worry we will do whatever support us. I will lead him towards you. I promise you that bitch Aisling will never take position in our house. I promise you that I will do everything which can make you my daughter in law."
"Is it because of me? Did I do something wrong? Am I not good enough for him? he chooses that bitch over me. Who was already married to azalaic about one year ago. He choose that girl who was not virgin. He choose a weak omega over me! see how helpless I'm mother."
" What you say? she is already married?"
" yes she is a married omega of blue lunar pack. He escape out from the pack with his so called lover and that lover azalaic just leave her and she came back and again get a mate why she is trying to ruined our life. Why she is doing it? "
" I don't get what you are saying I mean she is Omega and have mate in past. "
" Yes mother and archard ignored everything I don't understand why he do it? I don't known what he is trying to do? what he wants to prove."
" Please Valentina you are making me nervous I don't want to see you in such condition. You are well deserved mate. You are the my daughter in law why are you getting so low please Valentina. "
" No mother I don't deserve him. he is way to powerful and hate me that's why he rejected me. I don't he don't like me. He don't love me. He just used me. He never liked me. "
"No, no, no. Don't ever think that. You're a wonderful girl, smart and beautiful and brave. You have so much to offer, so much potential. You're more than good enough for him, you're too good for him. He will definitely choose you. I don't allow any omega who will ruined archard life."
"Then why doesn't he see that? Why doesn't he want me?"
She hugged me tighter and kissed my forehead.
"I don't know, sweetie. Maybe he's scared, maybe he's confused, maybe he's not ready. Maybe he needs some time to figure things out. Maybe he'll come around someday. please sweety I don't want to see tears in your eyes."
"Or maybe he won't," I whispered.
She sighed again and rubbed my back.
"Maybe he won't," she agreed. "And if that's the case, then you'll have to move on but I known it is not like that bitch is just trapping him. You don't have to pay attention towards him. You need to focus that how we can get out from his life. She is with him."
" And what if we failed tell me what we will do? what will we do? mother tell me what we will do! You will accept her? do you want to accept him and his mate? "
" You'll have to find someone else who will love you the way you deserve to be loved. Someone who will cherish you and respect you and protect you. Someone who will make you happy. but I promise I will never accept him and his Luna. I promise you."
I shook my head.
"I don't want anyone else. I only want him. He is the one who always loved him and now you all are saying me to forget him. PLEASE MOTHER YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WILL HELP ME OUT NOW WHAT ABOUT THAT PROMISE? TELL ME WHAT WILL HAPPENED TO THAT PROMISE."
" My daughter I will definitely help you out I promise you she will pay for her all sins. She have to leave archard. "
I felt a sudden tightness in my chest, as if someone had squeezed my heart with an iron grip. I tried to breathe, but the air felt thick and heavy in my lungs. I blinked, and a tear rolled down on my cheek. I wiped it away, but more followed. I sobbed, covering my mouth with my hand. I didn't want anyone to see me like this but mother was trying to relax me to know how much I was hurting. I wanted to be strong, to be brave, to be happy. But I couldn't. I felt broken, empty, alone. I cried until she had no tears left, until mu throat was raw and her eyes were swollen. I cried until I fell asleep, hoping to wake up from this nightmare but it was reality I'm seeking for the help but nobody can change his mind. He choose Aisling...
She kissed my cheek and smiled sadly.
"I know, sweetie. I know. But sometimes life doesn't give us what we want. Sometimes it gives us what we need."
"What do I need? I need him And I want him that's what I always think you have have to accept me." I asked.
She looked into my eyes and said softly,
"You need to love yourself my darling he don't want to marry you and we do everything to put pressure on him so he can choose you as his mate but he don't want to do that which is obvious. I can say you this alliance of pack and your marriage with him is not possible now. I mean why you are thinking it that life will end my darling. Archard will definitely accept you he will definitely take you as his Luna don't worry about anything. ".
We heard another knock on the door, followed by a loud voice.
"Let me in! I want to see my daughter!"
It was my mother. She had heard about the rejection and had come to comfort me. Or more likely, to scold me. Everyone is here to give me sampathy but nobody is here to give me archard.
Miss Smith frowned and got up from the bed. She opened the door and faced my mother.
"Hello, Miss Elenore. I'm sorry, but this is not a good time."
My mother pushed past her and stormed into the room. She saw me lying on the bed, crying, and gasped. I was thinking that may be she will be here to give me any clue.
"Oh, my poor baby! What did he do to you? That ungrateful bastard! How dare he reject you? You're his mate, for God's sake! But please don't see you. I known there would be a something happened otherwise how he don't have strength to say you No! I don't understand who gave him such an strength. "
She rushed over to me and hugged me tightly. She glared at Miss Smith over my shoulder.
"This is all your fault! You raised him wrong! You spoiled him rotten! You let him run wild! You didn't teach him respect or loyalty or honor! You don't teach him how to respect the laws and parents. see he rejected not only Valentina but also he slap to us. He don't have enough respect to our jury and alpha king? "
Miss Smith clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.
"That's not true! I did the best I could with him! He's always been a difficult child, but he's not a bad person! He has his reasons for rejecting her, I'm sure of it! but I promise you I will force him to reject Aisling and choose Valentina again. please give him one more chance I swear I will fix everything."
"What reasons? What possible reasons could he have for breaking her heart? For ruining her life? For shaming our pack? Why he just wanted to hurt my daughter see I will not tolerate it. He have to accept my daughter. He have to choose her otherwise I'm not giving you enough support in the pack alliance "
"He's not shaming anyone! He's making his own choice, as is his right! He doesn't owe anyone anything, not even his mate! please don't break this alliance"
"He does owe her something! He owes her love and devotion and happiness! He owes her a future and a family and a home! He owes her everything!"
"He doesn't owe her anything if he doesn't feel the same way about her! He can't force himself to love someone he doesn't love!"
"He does love her! He has to love her! They're mates, damn it! They're soulmates!"
"Mates are not soulmates! Mates are just biological matches, nothing more! Soulmates are something else, something deeper, something rarer!"
"Are you saying he has a soulmate somewhere else? Are you saying he's cheating on her?"
"I'm not saying anything of the sort! I'm saying he's free to choose who he wants to be with, mate or not!"
"Well, he chose wrong! He chose to hurt her, to betray her, to abandon her! And I won't stand for it! I won't let him get away with it!"
"What are you going to do? Force him to take her back? Punish him for his decision? Disown him for his feelings?"
"If I have to, yes! Anything to make him see sense! Anything to make him realize what he's giving up!"
"You can't do that! You can't interfere with his life like that! You can't control him like that!"
"I can and I will! He's my son-in-law, whether he likes it or not! And you're my sister-in-law, whether you like it or not!"
"I don't like it at all! You're no sister of mine! You're a meddling bitch who can't mind her own business!"
"And you're a lousy mother who can't raise her own son!"
They were shouting at each other now, their faces red with anger. They looked like they were about to tear each other apart. They were about to fight. Already I'm suffering from the pain and shock they are giving me more tension? I don't understand why why are destroying me.
I watched them in horror, feeling more miserable than ever. They were supposed to be my family, my support system, my allies. But instead of helping me, they were hurting me more. They were making things worse. I have to solve out things I can't lose archard and don't want to allow archard family to break this alliance it is only a way where I could get him back I have to do something. Think Valentina please think something.
I wished they would stop. I wished they would leave. I wished they would let me be.
I wished Archard would come back and he fix everything but it is not possible right now. I have to find a way so I can easily get him back.
I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't stand their yelling, their blaming, their fighting. I couldn't stand the pain, the rejection, the loneliness. I had to get out of there. I had to get away from them.
I pushed my mother off me and got up from the bed. I grabbed my jacket and my keys and ran out of the room. I ignored their calls and their questions and their apologies. I didn't want to hear them. I didn't want to see them. I ran out from the house. It was a mental drama which I was feeling.
I have to move out before anyone else can blame me for anything. Right now leaving the house is best option. Right now staying away from this place is far more good.
I ran to the garage and got into my car. I started the engine and drove away. I didn't know where I was going, I didn't care. I just wanted to be somewhere else, somewhere far, somewhere different.
I drove for hours, without a destination, without a plan, without a purpose. I drove through the city, through the suburbs, through the countryside. I drove past buildings and houses and farms and fields. I drove past people and animals and trees and flowers. I drove past everything and nothing. I have no idea where I'm going and where this road will end? I don't Known what kind of plan now I will use against him. Archard you will pay for everything which you done it. You will pay for everything which you plan for me with Aisling. I do not known where he found her? I don't Known where Aisling trapped him this mystery will never be solved.
I don't known what should I do? Right now this shock is enough for me.
I didn't pay attention to anything around me. I didn't notice the traffic or the weather or the time. I didn't think about anything at all. I just drove.
I drove until my gas tank was empty, until my phone battery was dead, until my eyes were dry. I drove until I couldn't drive anymore. I don't want to stop, I don't want to wait for my family. There is nothing I can do with it...
I stopped at a random spot, a deserted road in the middle of nowhere. I parked the car on the side of the road and got out. I looked around and saw nothing but darkness and silence.
I felt nothing but emptiness and despair.
I collapsed on the ground and cried. I always failed in my plans. Aisling always get my mate. This time he again snatch archard from me. I don't Known why it is happening? why everything is going against my plans.
I don't know how long I stayed there, on the ground, crying. I don't know if anyone saw me, if anyone heard me, if anyone cared. I don't know if I wanted to live or die. I only know that someone found me.
Someone who knew me. Someone who loved me. Yes aria will definitely help me out in this situation. She is my childhood friend and she always like my sister. Last time she help me alot in the azalaic scene. She will tried hard to get him back.
Aria.
She was my childhood friend, my confidante, my sister. We had met when we were five, at kindergarten. We had bonded over our love for books and art and music. We had been inseparable ever since.
She was the only one who understood me, who accepted me, who supported me. She was the only one who knew everything about me, who shared everything with me, who gave everything to me.
She was the only one who could save me. She is the one who always support me I known she will definitely help me out in this situation. She will be er leave me alone.
She was driving home from work when she saw my car on the side of the road. She recognized it immediately and pulled over. She got out of her car and ran to me. She saw me lying on the ground, sobbing, and gasped.
"Oh my God! What happened? Are you okay?"
" OhhH finally you are here? aria please help me please help me. "
She knelt down next to me and wrapped her arms around me. She lifted me up and held me close. She stroked my hair and kissed my cheek. She whispered in my ear.
"Shh, shh, it's okay. I'm here. I'm here for you."
I clung to her and cried harder. I buried my face in her neck and breathed in her scent. I felt her warmth and her heartbeat and her love.
I told her everything. I told her about Archard, about his rejection, about his mother, about my mother, about their fight, about my escape, about my despair.
I told her how much it hurt, how much I loved him, how much I hated him, how much I missed him.
I told her how lost I felt, how broken I was, how hopeless I was.
I told her how much I needed her, how much I thanked her, how much I loved her.
She listened to everything. She didn't judge me or blame me or pity me. She didn't try to fix me or change me or save me.
She just loved me. She loved me with her words and her actions and her silence. She loved me with her eyes and her smile and her tears. She loved me with her heart and her soul and her mind.
She loved me like no one else ever did.
she took me inside the house.
FLASHBACK:
I remember when I first meet with her in the childhood.
I was seven years old when I met Aria. She was the new girl in my class, and she had just moved to town with her parents. She was shy and quiet, and she didn't talk to anyone. She always sat in the back of the classroom, reading a book or drawing in her notebook.
I was curious about her. She looked different from the other kids. She had long blonde hair that she always wore in a braid, and she had bright green eyes that seemed to see everything. She wore glasses and a sweater, even when it was hot outside. She had a backpack that was bigger than her, and she carried it everywhere.
One day, I decided to talk to her. I walked up to her desk during recess, and I smiled at her.
"Hi, I'm Valentina," I said.
She looked up at me, startled. She blinked a few times, then smiled back.
"Hi, I'm Aria," she said.
Her voice was soft and sweet, like a bell.
"What are you reading?" I asked, pointing at her book.
She showed me the cover. It was a fantasy novel, with a picture of a dragon and a castle.
"It's called The Dragon's Quest," she said. "It's about a boy who goes on an adventure with a dragon to save his kingdom from an evil wizard."
"That sounds cool," I said. "Can I read it?"
She nodded, and handed me the book.
"Sure, you can borrow it," she said.
"Thanks," I said. "Do you like dragons?"
She nodded again.
"Yes, I love dragons," she said. "They're my favorite animals."
"Me too," I said. "They're awesome."
We started talking about dragons, and we found out that we had a lot in common. We both liked fantasy books and movies, we both liked drawing and writing stories, we both liked animals and nature.
We became friends that day, and we stayed friends ever since.
We would hang out after school, at each other's houses or at the park. We would read books together, or draw pictures of dragons and other creatures. We would make up stories and act them out, pretending to be heroes and villains. We would laugh and have fun, and we would share our secrets and dreams.
She was the best friend I ever had.
She was also the first person who found out that I was a werewolf.
After passing of years our friendship became more stronger. She invited me in his house.
I knocked on the door of alpha Aria's home, feeling nervous and excited. I had been invited to her place for dinner, and I hoped to make a good impression. She was the leader of the pack, and I was a new member who had just moved to town. I wanted to show her that I was loyal, respectful, and trustworthy.
The door opened, and I saw her standing there, smiling warmly. She was stunning, as always. Her long blonde hair cascaded over her shoulders, framing her beautiful face. Her green eyes sparkled with intelligence and authority. She wore a simple black dress that hugged her curves, accentuating her feminine charm. She looked like a goddess.
"Hi, welcome to my home," she said, stepping aside to let me in. "I'm so glad you could come."
I stepped inside, feeling a wave of awe wash over me. Her home was spacious and elegant, decorated with tasteful furniture and art. The walls were painted in soft colors, creating a cozy atmosphere. The living room had a large fireplace, a plush sofa, and a coffee table with books and magazines. The kitchen was modern and sleek, with stainless steel appliances and a marble countertop. The dining room had a long wooden table with candles and flowers. Everything was immaculate and inviting.
"Wow, your home is amazing," I said, admiring the surroundings.
"Thank you," she said, leading me to the living room. "Make yourself comfortable. I'll be right back with some drinks."
She disappeared into the kitchen, leaving me alone in the living room. I sat down on the sofa, feeling nervous again. What would we talk about? What would we eat? What would she think of me? I hoped she liked me as much as I liked her.
I looked around the room, trying to calm myself down. I noticed a framed photo on the mantelpiece. It was a picture of her with a handsome man and a cute little girl. They looked happy and loving. They were her family.
I felt a pang of sadness in my chest. She had lost them in a car accident two years ago. That's why she had moved to this town, to start a new life. She had told me that story when we first met. She had been so brave and strong, overcoming such a tragedy.
I felt a surge of admiration and respect for her. She was not only beautiful and powerful, but also kind and compassionate. She had welcomed me into her pack with open arms, making me feel like I belonged. She had been supportive and helpful, teaching me the ropes of being a werewolf. She had been friendly and charming, making me laugh and smile.
She had been everything I ever wanted in an alpha.
And maybe more.
I heard her footsteps coming back from the kitchen. I turned my head to see her carrying a tray with two glasses of wine and some snacks.
She smiled at me as she set the tray on the coffee table.
"Here you go," she said, handing me a glass of wine.
"Thank you," I said, taking it from her.
She sat down next to me on the sofa, close enough that I could feel her warmth and smell her scent.
She looked into my eyes with a gentle expression.
"So," she said softly, "tell me more about yourself."
PRESENT...
Aria's house was beautiful like always I step inside and she led me towards her room. I was already nervous but things can changed with time.
She offer me glass of water and asked about archard. I told her from start to end. She was convinced that he done wrong with me. She asked me about Aisling. I told her everything.
She said,
"I'm so sorry you had to go through this. You don't deserve this. You deserve so much better."
" No I only deserve him. why he betray me that bloody bitch is here again. You known why Aisling is here again and she is here to ruined my life again. Archard not picked me as his mate.
"He's an idiot for rejecting you. You're his mate, his perfect match, his other half."
"He doesn't know what he's missing. You're amazing, you're beautiful, you're strong."
"He'll regret his decision someday. He'll realize his mistake someday. He'll come crawling back to you someday."
"But you won't need him then. You won't want him then. You won't love him then."
"Because you'll have someone else then. Someone who will love you the way you deserve to be loved.Someone who will cherish you and respect you and protect you. Someone who will make you happy."
" I don't want someone I want your help to sperate them. I don't want to see them together last time you said me when she run away with azalaic that they are lover but right now they are not a lover. I need to sperate them. "
She was looking towards me with annoying expressions. She knew that I'm stubborn and I can't took back steps. She agreed with me and said that she will definitely help me."